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词条 Winifred Birkett
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  1. Life and career

  2. Bibliography

     Novels  Poetry 

  3. Quotes

  4. References

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}}Winifred Birkett (1897–1966) was an Australian novelist and poet who won the 1934 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for her 1935 novel Earth's Quality.[1]

Life and career

Winifred Birkett was born in North Sydney, New South Wales in 1897,[2] and educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School.[3]

Her book, Earth's Quality was published by Angus and Robertson in 1935.[4]

She was president of the Sydney Lyceum Club in 1940.[5] She remained in Sydney much of her life.[6]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Three Goats on a Bender (1934)[7]
  • Earth's Quality (1935)
  • Portrait of Lucy (1938)

Poetry

  • Edelweiss, and Other Poems (1932)

Quotes

Sonnet: "Forget me slowly dear. Let each day lie," Winifred Birkett, poetry 1930 (The Australia Woman's Mirror page 15).[8]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2412464|title=GOLD MEDAL - Australian Literature Society AWARD TO MISS WINIFRED BIRKETT - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - 31 Oct 1936|website=Trove|access-date=2016-11-19}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A59367|title=Winifred Birkett|last=Austlit|website=www.austlit.edu.au|access-date=2016-11-19}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17171505|title=MISS WINIFRED BIRKETT. - Young Australian Novelist.|website=Trove|access-date=2016-11-19}}
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5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17696433|title=CHRISTMAS PARTIES BENEFIT CHARITIES - GIFTS TO BRING JOY TO CHILDREN. Trophy Presented by Proxy. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 12 Dec 1940|website=Trove|access-date=2016-11-19}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.apfa.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/biogs/E000171b.htm|title=Birkett, Winifred - Author|date=|website=Colonial Australian Popular Fiction|publisher=University of Melbourne School of Culture and Communication|language=en-gb|access-date=2016-11-19}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/27787212?q&sort=holdings+desc&_=1479531532860&versionId=33522364|title=Three goats on a bender / by Winifred Birkett. - Version details|website=Trove|access-date=2016-11-19}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C717728|title=The Australian Woman's Mirror|last=Austlit|website=www.austlit.edu.au|access-date=2016-11-19}}
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